Posts by bsoltan

  • PC on assorted OS items

    I think this is the thread mentioned: Help me understand weapon pricing?

    Red Fireball did a rough summary on shield price checks in a thread yesterday I thought was handy:

    You might also find this Drops Guide handy: Valuable Skins, Mods, and GW Drops Guide

  • SOLVED: Hidden "weapon" in the game? Wayfarer's Reverie Rumor

    Quote from Ostona

    After reading everything including the Discord, I have only 1 concern: is not strange that no one discovered this when the gw.dat was dumped entirely finding all the discarded content like the old gods (Arachnia), etc?

    I say this because, perhaps, the hidden weapon is not necessarily a "new" weapon, only a normal quest reward weapon like any other, but hidden. If the weapon has a different or exclusive name like a green from a boss, then when the gw.dat was dumped someone should have seen it.

    Since we have no idea what kind of "weapon" it is there's no way to know what to look for. It could also be reused texture/icon from something else in the game.

  • SOLVED: Hidden "weapon" in the game? Wayfarer's Reverie Rumor

    Subsequent tweets and post reserving:

    Quote from Matthew Moore Twitter

    This is a fun thread for devs and gamers alike.

    I added a note about the [still unfound?] weapon we hid in Guild Wars because I still feel a little guilty for having QA test it and, knowing what I do about puzzle design now, I think we could have made the hunt better.

    Grinning face with smiling eyes

    Quote from Matthew Moore's Twitter

    This is a very good question! I...don't recall. I checked with one of my ex-QA buddies and...he doesn't recall. I think we're gonna need to call on somebody who both worked on it and is still at ANet, like Robert Gee or Joe Kimmes. Maybe hit up their talk page on the wiki.

    Quote from Matthew Moore's Twitter

    I can tell you that some of the clues were hella obscure and even potentially misleading, like when Xunlai Archivist Jonemon talks about "...if the Gods didn't shine their grace upon us..." the clues isn't about needing the GRACE of the Gods but...something else.

    Quote from Matthew Moore on Reddit

    We added the item and the trigger mechanism at the same time as we added the NPCs in 2013. No need to dig back too far. Heck, I don't know how many people outside the Live Team at that point knew about it. [Can't give everything away (in part because I don't remember it all), but I don't want to see y'all beating your heads against 16 years of content.]

    Quote from Matthew Moore on Reddit

    Oh my Dwayna, no, this is not a Mini Polar Bear situation. Meeting the conditions should produce a 100% success rate of triggering...the thing. 😅 (...with only this caveat.)

    Quote from Matthew Moore on Reddit

    I don't think I'm giving too much away to say the only dialogues that pertain to the Easter egg are those of the Xunlai Archivists.

  • SOLVED: Hidden "weapon" in the game? Wayfarer's Reverie Rumor

    This discussion started on Discord today, and I recently made a post to Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/GuildWars/co…_reverie_rumor/


    This has now been solved! New unique weapon discovered: https://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Silver_Edge
    A new boss + mob spawn too on the cliff outside Sifhala.

    On 12 April user Horrible in the GW Global Discord noticed a Wiki edit by former ArenaNet Designer Matthew Moore.

    This edit was on the Talk Page of the Wayferer's Reverie responding to an anonymous comment made 25 August 2020.

    Quote from Anonymous (August 2020)

    I heard from somebody who heard from an ex-dev that the Xunlai Archivists are a riddle or something. Some of the references overlap, like there are two maps with Kilroy and vaettir. Not sure about the cupcake.

    Quote from Matthew Moore (April 2021)

    Well, I was going to create a new note, seeing as I admitted as much on Twitter

    today, but I'll just confirm this person was onto something. My apologies to the other devs for spoiling the secret (if we were still keeping it a secret), to the community for my part in hiding it without leaving more hints and confirmations, and especially to our QA for making 'em test something nobody would find for years. If you all get stuck looking for it and you need more hints, ask Joe Kimmes. Ha!

    Matthew Moore is linking a Twitter post he made on 11 April 2021, replying to "respond with the best Easter eggs you ever hid in a game!"

    Quote from Matthew Moore's Twitter

    There's a weapon hidden in the original Guild Wars that I don't think anyone's found yet. We hid some clues in the dialogues of some wiki editor tribute NPCs who only show up during the Wayfarer's Reverie, but...I think we hid it too well. Too poorly? Could have done it betta.

    The NPCs are the eight Xunlai Archivists.

    According to the anonymous poster, it could involve Kilroy, vaettir and cupcakes.

    Joe Kimmes/old Live Team are the ones to can provide more hints and information.

    TLDR:

    • A "weapon", hidden in GW that no one has found yet.(?)
    • Clues are in the dialogues of some of the wiki editor tribute NPCs who only show up during the Wayferer's Reverie.(?)

    Some of us have been discussing this on Discord.

    The main summary of information is in this Google Doc and updated on the Reddit thread.

    Legacy, what do you think: Is it all made up? Can we narrow down what this hidden weapon may be? Anyone (work out how to) find it?

  • make my pre-ranger less lame

    Ranger is one of if not the most powerful professions in Pre-Searing.

    Ignite arrows + Max bow should give you plenty of DPS. You should have the Nevermore Flatbow if you have the GotY edition.

    Elementalist probably isn't going to help you out so much unfortunately. Warrior is usually a common secondary for Frenzy. You would also use Melee weapon skills too.

    For Elementalist the most useful skill is Firestorm so you just need the energy pool.

    Ranger should also be quite tanky vs Pre foes. Make sure to pre-cast Troll Unguent it will help keep your health up in the first stages of a fight.

    Vanguard quest +armor would have been a benefit. Those that want to farm often stick at level 19 for the Imp and the +armor.

  • Guild Wars Legacy Printworks: Introducing support for physical items

    Oh yeah I thought we had some 3D printed stuff on this forum:

    Post

    RE: 3D Printing

    I finished the model last week. It's taken a long time but I'm finally happy enough to try and print it.

    Check it out!





    PLA, 20% infill, 0.15 layer height, 3h 11m print time, 8.5m of filament used.

    Really impressed with the detailing as this is on the standard settings. I'm looking to scale the model up a bit and reduce the layer height which should improve the quality and detail!

    I'll start work on the martial weapon to go with it in the new year!
    Ddraeg
    December 23, 2018 at 11:15 PM

  • Price Check / Question Returning Player

    Hi, welcome back.

    1. Material price checks can be done via the Traders; look at the buy price and if you can the sell price and somewhere between that is what players trade for.

    People generally trade in stacks of materials these days but you may occasionally find people buying/selling other amounts.

    2. If people don't want to spend the time accumulating a stack of materials or waiting for a buyer then it is quite common to sell materials to the Trader.

    3. This is going to be incredibly subjective a different person to person, and depend on what you're farming. Take a look at the sell threads on the forum to see what people keep to try and sell. Most of it is non-inscribable (OS) from Factions+Prophecies.

    Any materials that go into making Consumables/Consets: Bone, Dust, Feather, Iron, Granite.

    Runes and Insignia that have a high value - a lot can be sold directly to Trader though.

  • LF advice on where to source feedback on >50 gold weapons

    It's probably best to just make a price check thread - discussion in the thread can happen - you can answer and ask questions - and if you explain you're after feedback on how to use the items not just sell them it would be worthwhile.

    Could be that some are worth selling if you're not into the weapons and just want to gear your heroes/characters.

    You can host an image on another site and link to it if it's a large image, use a service like imgur.com, alternatively if it's easier can put it into a Google sheet.

  • Help me understand weapon pricing?

    Some great info in this thread. I'll go through it and see what I can add to this:

    Thread

    Valuable Skins, Mods, and GW Drops Guide

    Hello,

    For some time now I've been trying to work on a guide for players to know what to do with drops that they get in-game. The idea being to help players identify what drops are worth keeping/selling and where it isn't worth bothering. Most of the logic will be well known to seasoned players of the game so I'm hoping to get some of your input. It isn't meant to replace anything or answer every question regarding items, it's just a reference.

    Here is a link to the Guide, it allows you to add…
    bsoltan
    May 12, 2020 at 4:35 PM

    I made this guide to try and help with this sort of thing but without going into super level of detail, the Inscribable vs OS summary you gave is kind of the end point of this guide too. :D

    (Any other feedback is welcomed there).

    It's very useful for new (and old) players coming into the game to understand where the market is regarding weapons, mods etc.

  • Sale of botted items on Legacy

    Quote from Hobo

    This thread will be censored faster than light
    I'm surprized it's not locked yet.

    There was a hope that some sensible discussion could be had on the topic of what people think about content of threads/botted items in Sell threads on Legacy.

    Without it becoming an accusation/insult match between users. This is exactly what makes it difficult to A) Moderate/Verify contents of Sell threads. B) Have this kind of open discussion.

    Some interesting points have been made, and its a topic some people obviously have strong feelings about, but if we could all please stick to the topic that would prevent the need to lock a thread.

  • Sale of botted items on Legacy

    Quote from Kabong

    I want everyone named Pleik...

    Accepting an admitted cheater (booted from phd for same) into your guild and then promoting his activities by trading for the product of his ill-gotten gains and proudly posting it repeatedly.

    Pretty nauseating from someone who tries to portray this squeaky clean i-want-whats-best-for-everyone persona.

    Time to get over yourself, face reality and accept what you really are? Hmm?

    I don't know why you keep bringing up some kind of personal problem with other users but stop derailing threads and stick to the topic. Thanks.

  • Sale of botted items on Legacy

    Quote from Praise

    Well, everybody went off topic immediately, even though Dadan asked not to :P

    But I'd be interested if you or any other mod could expand a bit and answer the original question. Have you given any thought recently about what kind of board you want Legacy to be?

    There are users who don't mind bots and there are users who do mind, so will you consider removing/adding any forum rules (you have changed rules before, it's possible) if there is a wish for it from users? Not taking action is also a statement, and Dadan's fears that Legacy will simply turn into a market for botted items may even come true. I can't really believe you are OK with that (extreme) scenario, because why then would you have created all the other subforums like q&a, farming, builds, etc.? I'm not criticising one side or the other, but just honestly interested in how the legacy team thinks about it :)

    This is my own opinion but does factor in being a Moderator and on the Legacy Team, but I don't speak for the entire Team:

    It's of course been the subject of discussion. I'm sure that's the case since fan forums existed. As has been mentioned botting occured in GW since the early days and I'm sure those items made their way through to trade forums.

    I'm sure most are aware that it's possible there are many threads on Legacy now and in the past that have probably contained items sourced through botting, this isn't the first aleged case.

    The current forum rules (carried over from GWGuru) don't explicitly prevent this kind of content on the forum, and as a recent post mentioned we don't enforce what happens in-game, that's up to ArenaNet.

    These kind of things can be incredibly difficult to prove and while I realise some threads/items are likely a lot more obvious than others it is simpler for moderators and posters to follow existing rules.

    I say I'm interested in the discussion because feedback/suggestions from the users and community is always good to have. We're always open for discusion on what could be improved with the rules and with the forum.

    So far from this thread it seems to be quite mixed and a good debate.

    edit1: For transparency I should probably say that I did trade from the thread when it was first posted, I either hadn't clocked/subcontiously didn't care at the source of the items at the time. That isn't a support of botting by me or Legacy.

    Before someone comes in and says that it's allowed for this reason.

  • Closed Os Purple Shield

    It shouldn't be. I would merch.

    10AL is well below the max for requirement 6 (which is 14AL).

    Reduction while Hexed isn't in demand for this kind of shield.

    You get more benefits running the DoA Unique/Green shield over this and skin isn't that special.

  • Is Guild Wars 1 still worth it?

    Hello,

    Please keep in mind that this is an English language forum:


    Forum Rules Use English

    The only language that is being supported on Legacy - in order to allow for easier communication - is English. Don't engage in practices like using leet-speak or try to make text hard to read.

    Don't use all capitals, don't use a ton of punctuation marks.

    To answer based on a Google translate.

    The game is still fairly active but if you are wanting to play everything with other people you will need to arrange that or find a very active Guild/Alliance.

    To just play through from the start you should expect to play some of it yourself, although you will see and play with others. The addition of 7 Heroes for PvE has made this much easier to manage for player to play alone.

    Asking on a GW forum if the game is worh it is always going to be slightly biased. :) There is also a reddit thread about game activity in 2021: https://www.reddit.com/r/GuildWars/co…d_wars_in_2021/

    If you do decide to play I hope you enjoy!

  • help for topic

    Hi Sioups

    It looks like you are using code formatting.

    This is normally only activated by pressing this icon in the post editing toolbar.

    If you make a reply to this and don't use any of the icons then it should not apply any formatting.

    Only other thing would be if you are copying and pasting your text from another source maybe.

    Hope that helps.